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Zach Wright set out in 2016 to transform his 1995 Taurus SHO into a 9-second car. The journey was a tough one but it all paid off when Zach set a World record for fastest Taurus at Street Car Takeove...
A couple of weeks ago we shared a custom RWD Ford Taurus built by Louis Strianese. He converted the car to RWD using a 2.5 L 1JZ-GTE inline-six, W58 five-speed manual transmission, and Lexus LS400 re...
Louis Strianese converted his 2001 Ford Taurus to rear-wheel drive thanks to a lot of work and a full powertrain swap. He’s replaced the factory V6 and drivetrain with a 2.5 L 1JZ-GTE VVTi inline-six...
Zach Wright has been on a mission to drive his 1995 Taurus called The Blue Turd into the 9’s. Over the summer Zach worked on dropping weight from the Taurus. The result is a 2,452 lb car with a turbo...
The Ford Taunus TC was a range of large cars based on the Cortina built by Ford Germany from 1970-1982. Ford offered the first generation TC with a 1.3 L or 1.6 L Pinto OHC inline-four and either a 2...
Zach Wright has spent eight years transforming his amazing 1995 Taurus called The Blue Turd into the fastest SHO on earth. Since our previous article Zach reworked the entire chassis with the goal of...
Since our previous article on The Blue Turd project, owner and builder Zach Wright created a few videos documenting his quest to put this unique project in to the 9-second club. The 1995 Taurus SHO i...
Zach Wright affectionately calls his Ford Taurus SHO “The Blue Turd”. The name might be self-deprecating but nothing about this car is modest. Zach has spent the last seven years turning it into one ...